The ongoing rift between Governor Bobby Jindal and Senator David Vitter is getting national press. In a recent interview with the National Journal, Jindal told the reporter to turn the recorder off and he’d say what he really thinks about Vitter. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says most voters don’t like to see a political fight…
CUT 3 (09) “public trust”

The winter storm in north Louisiana has Ouachita Parish school has students having their 4th winter weather day in a row, which -along with the F2 tornado in October -exceeds the number of missed days allowed for inclement weather. The state requires 63,720 instructional minutes per student per academic year…
CUT 6 (08) “to each day”
That’s Ouachita Parish Superintendent Bob Webber.
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Slidell Police have arrested a couple, following accusations they forced a one year-old baby to drink beer. Twenty-four-year-old Brett Flower, and the child’s mother, 23-year-old Krysten Verdin were arrested on cruelty to juvenile charges. Slidell Police detective Daniel Seuzenau says Flower poured the beer the down the infant’s throat, because he thought it was funny. That’s when the grandfather called police…
CUT 10 (06) Q: “came forward”

2014 Federal Highway Administration data shows that 29-percent of Louisiana’s nearly 13,000 bridges are deficient. Louisiana DOTD spokesman Rodney Mallett says drivers should not take this too literally…
cut 12 (11) “that it’s unsafe”